Details
LOT 3264
Faustina II AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 14 of Antoninus Pius (AD 150/151).
ΦAVCTINA CЄB CЄB ЄVCЄB ΘVΓ, draped bust to right, hair tied up in a bun / Griffin, as Nemesis, seated to right with left forepaw on wheel; [I]Δ (date) to left, L in exergue. RPC IV.4, 1302; Dattari (Savio) 3317; K&G 38.62; Emmett 1986.14 (R2). Good Fine.(20.52gr, 34mm, 11h.).
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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